# Additions to the Entity List
**AGENCY:**
Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 12 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (11) and Taiwan (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
**DATES:**
This rule is effective March 25, 2025.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Chair, End-User Review Committee, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 482-5991, Email: *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
**The Entity List**
The Entity List (supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR (15 CFR parts 730-774)) identifies entities for which there is reasonable cause to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that the entities have been involved, are involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to § 744.11(b). The EAR imposes additional license requirements on, and limits the availability of, most license exceptions for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) when a listed entity is a party to the transaction. The license review policy for each listing is identified in the “License Review Policy” column on the Entity List, and the impact on the availability of license exceptions is described in the relevant *Federal Register* document that added the listing to the Entity List. BIS amends the Entity List pursuant to parts 744 (Control Policy: End-User and End-Use Based) and 746 (Embargoes and Other Special Controls) of the EAR.
The End-User Review Committee (ERC), composed of representatives of the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where appropriate, the Treasury, makes all decisions regarding additions to, removals from, or other modifications to the Entity List. The ERC makes all decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote and makes all decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.
**Entity List Decisions**
**Additions to the Entity List**
The ERC determined to add the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Beijing Innovation Wisdom Technology Co., Ltd. to the Entity List, under the destination of China. These entities are being added for acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in support of China's military modernization. Specifically, these entities have developed large artificial intelligence (AI) models and advanced computing chips for defense purposes. This activity is contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests under § 744.11 of the EAR. For both of these entities, BIS imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR, and a license review policy of a presumption of denial. They are also given a footnote 4 designation, which means that “items subject to the EAR” for the purpose of these license requirements include foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR pursuant to § 734.9(e)(2) of the EAR.
The ERC determined to add six entities to the Entity List: Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.; Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.; Inspur Electronic Information (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; Inspur (HK) Electronics Co., Ltd.; and Inspur Software Co., Ltd., under the destination of China; and Inspur Taiwan, under the destination of Taiwan. These six entities are subsidiaries of China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, Inspur Group, which was added to the Entity List on March 2, 2023. *See* Additions and Revisions of Entities to the Entity List, 88 FR 13673, March 6, 2023. These entities are being added for their contributions to Inspur's development of supercomputers for military end use, particularly by acquiring or attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in support of supercomputer projects for the Chinese government and/or military. This activity is contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests pursuant to § 744.11 of the EAR. For these entities, BIS imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR, and license applications will be reviewed under policy of denial. These six subsidiaries directly contribute to Inspur's development of supercomputers for military end use and are added to the Entity List with a Footnote 4 designation. A footnote 4 designation means that “items subject to the EAR” for the purpose of these license requirements include foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR pursuant to § 734.9(e)(2) of the EAR.
The ERC determined to add Henan Dingxin Information Industry Co., Ltd.; Nettrix Information Industry Co., Ltd.; Suma Technology Co., Ltd.; and Suma-USI Electronics Co., Ltd., under the destination of China, to the Entity List. These entities are being added for their involvement in the development of Chinese exascale supercomputers, which are capable of processing vast amounts of data at very high speeds and conducting large-scale simulations. Furthermore, these entities have provided significant manufacturing capabilities to Sugon, a Chinese high-performance computing server manufacturer added to the Entity List in 2019 for building supercomputers used by military end users and supporting China's destabilizing military modernization efforts. *See* Addition of Entities to the Entity List and Revision of an Entry on the Entity List, 84 FR 29371, June 24, 2019. The advancement of such computing technology in support of Chinese military end users and China's military modernization efforts is contrary to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to § 744.11. Due to their involvement in Chinese exascale supercomputer development, these parties are added to the Entity List with a footnote 4 designation. For these four entities, BIS imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR and license applications will be reviewed under policy of denial. The footnote 4 designation means that “items subject to the EAR” for the purpose of these license requirements include foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR pursuant to § 734.9(e)(2) of the EAR.
For the reasons described above, this final rule adds the following 12 entities, including aliases where appropriate, to the Entity List:
**China**
• Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence;
• Beijing Innovation Wisdom Technology Co., Ltd.;
• Henan Dingxin Information Industry Co., Ltd.;
• Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.;
• Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.;
• Inspur Electronic Information (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.;
• Inspur (HK) Electronics Co., Ltd.;
• Inspur Software Co., Ltd.;
• Nettrix Information Industry Co., Ltd.;
• Suma Techology Co., Ltd.; and
• Suma-USI Electronics Co., Ltd.
**Taiwan**
• Inspur Taiwan.
**Savings Clause**
For the changes being made in this final rule, shipments of items removed from eligibility for a License Exception or export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) as a result of this regulatory action that were en route aboard a carrier to a port of export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), on March 25, 2025, pursuant to actual orders for export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to or within a foreign destination, may proceed to that destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) before April 24, 2025. Any such items not actually exported, reexported or transferred (in-country) before midnight, on April 24, 2025, require a license in accordance with this final rule.
**Export Control Reform Act of 2018**
On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (50 U.S.C. 4801-4852). ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's principal authorities and serves as the authority under which BIS issues this rule. In particular, Section 1753 of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4812) authorizes the regulation of exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) of items subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Further, Section 1754(a)(1)-(16) of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4813(a)(1)-(16)) authorizes, inter alia, establishing and maintaining a list of foreign persons and end uses that are determined to be a threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States pursuant to the policy set forth in Section 1752(2)(A), and restricting exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of any controlled items to any foreign person or end use so listed; apprising the public of changes in policy, regulations, and procedures; and any other action necessary to carry out ECRA that is not otherwise prohibited by law. Pursuant to Section 1762(a) of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4821(a)), these changes can be imposed in a final rule without prior notice and comment.
**Rulemaking Requirements**
1. This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to or be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.,* (PRA), unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves an information collection approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088, Simplified Network Application Processing System. BIS does not anticipate a change to the burden hours associated with this collection as a result of this rule. Information regarding the collection, including all supporting materials, can be accessed at *https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain* .
3. This rule does not contain policies with federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
4. Pursuant to Section 1762 of ECRA, 50 U.S.C. 4821, this action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 5 U.S.C. 553 requirements for notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity for public participation, and delay in effective date.
5. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, *et seq.,* are not applicable. Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required, and none has been prepared.
**List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744**
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.
Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) is amended as follows:
**PART 744—END-USE AND END-USER CONTROLS**
**15 CFR Part 744**
1. The authority citation for part 744 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 *et seq.;* 50 U.S.C. 1701 *et seq.;* 22 U.S.C. 3201 *et seq.;* 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 *et seq.;* 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of September 18, 2024, 89 FR 77011 (September 20, 2024); Notice of November 7, 2024, 89 FR 88867 (November 8, 2024).
**15 CFR Part 744**
2. Supplement no. 4 is amended by:
a. Under CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF, in alphabetical order, entries for “Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence;” “Beijing Innovation Wisdom Technology Co., Ltd.;” “Henan Dingxin Information Industry Co., Ltd.;” “Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.;” “Inspur Electronics Information Industry Co., Ltd.;” “Inspur Electronic Information (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.;” “Inspur (HK) Electronics Co., Ltd.;” “Inspur Software Co., Ltd.;” “Nettrix Information Industry Co., Ltd.;” “Suma Techology Co., Ltd.;” “Suma-USI Electronics Co., Ltd.;” and
b. Under TAIWAN, adding, in alphabetical order, an entry for “Inspur Taiwan.”
The additions read as follows:
**Supplement No. 4 to Part 744—Entity List**
| Country | Entity | License requirement | License | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| * * * * * * * | | | | |
| CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF | * * * * * * | | | |
| | Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, a.k.a., the following four aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (Se §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Presumption of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | No. 150 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China;
Building 8 No. 1, B201D-1, 3rd Floor, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China. | | | |
| | * * * * * * | | | |
| | Beijing Innovation Wisdom Technology Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following one alias: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Presumption of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | B201C-1, 3rd Floor, Building 8, No. 1, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China. | | | |
| | * * * * * * | | | |
| | Henan Dingxin Information Industry Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following one alias: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | * * * * * * | | | |
| | Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following four aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | 1st Floor, No. 2-1 C Building, No. 2 Shangdi Xinxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China;
6/F, Building C, Chuangyeyuan, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing, China;
No. 224, Shan Da Road, Beijing, China. | | | |
| | Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following eight aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | Floor 9, No. 801, Caoshanlingnang Road, Jinan, China;
No. 1036, Inspur Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China;
No. 1036, Wave Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China;
No. 1036 Langchao Road, Jinan, China;
1026 Langchao Road, Jinan, China;
S01 Langchao Tech Park, No. 1036 Langchao Rd., Gaoxin District, Jinan, China;
2877 Ke Hang Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, China;
4F, Gangsheng Building, Intersection of Gangxi Road, Jinan, China;
No. 818 Wusong Road, Wusongjiang, Jinan, China;
Gansheng Building Ganyuan 6th, Shandong, China;
10/F Ever Gain Centre, 28 on Muk Street, Sha Tin NT, Hong Kong;
7A, Ho Tung Garden, Ho Tung Bridge, Sheng Shui, Hong Kong;
Unit 307, Block B, Po Lung Center, 11 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong;
Koon Wah Mirror Factory, Hotin Street, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong;
Room 1203, Free Trade Centre 49, Tsun Yip Street, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong;
7th Floor, Unit 3C2 Sunac Smart Valley, No. 555 Wenhua, Wuhan, China;
Building 9, No. 1 Guanpu Road Guoxiang Street, Wuzhong Economic Zone, Suzhou Jiangsu, China;
F202, 16 Lixin Road, Shenzhen, China;
Unit 2901 Duhuixuan Shennan Road, Shenzhen, China. | | | |
| | Inspur Electronic Information (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following four aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | Flat B&C, 30/F., Tower A, Billion Centre, 1 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. | | | |
| | Inspur (HK) Electronics Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following two aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | Room B&C 30th Floor, Block A, Billion Center, No. 1 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong;
Unit 307, Block B, Po Lung CTR 1, Hong Kong;
No. 11 Wang Chiu Road, Hong Kong;
Room 5/F 5015E-5020E, Block B, ASI, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. | | | |
| | Inspur Software Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following five aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | Middle Section of Hu Shan Road, Tai'an City, China;
No. 1036, Langchao Road, Jinan City, Tai'an City, China;
Building No. 102, No. 1036, High-tech Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China;
No. 1036, Inspur Road, Hi-Tech Zone, Jinan, Shandong, 250101, China;
No. 1036 Langchao Road, Shunhua Road Street, High-tech Zone Jinan, Shandong, 250000, China. | | | |
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| | Nettrix Information Industry Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following three aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | 2nd Floor, Block C, No. 27, Phase I, Zhongguancun Software Park, No. 8 Dongbeiwang West Road, Beijing, China;
3rd Floor, Building 25 , No. 8 Dongbeiwang West Road, Beijing, China;
No. 15, Haitai Huake Street, Huayuan Industrial Zone Tianjin, China;
Building A, No. 66, Yuhua West Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China;
Unit 3, Building 4, Shuiquan Wenyuan, Genghis Khan Street, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China;
Unit 1, Building 7, Jiajing Garden, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China;
Floor 7204, No. 1180, Yumin Road, Yecheng Fifth Street, Shanghai, China;
No. 88, Nansong Road, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China;
16th Floor, Building A, Lianhui Technology Innovation Center, No. 88 Lianhui Street, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;
Unit 2, Building 4, No. 17, Wuyi East Road, Jiangnan District, Nanning, Guangxi, China;
16th Floor, Building S7, No. 20, Fusan Road, Fuzhou, Fujian, China;
3rd Floor, Xingchuang Future Technology Park, Hainan Building, No. 5 Guoxing Avenue, Haikou, Hainan, China;
19th Floor, Unit 3, 2008 New Yangtze River Plaza, No. 2 Youyi Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, China;
16th Floor, Zhonghong Plaza, Jiefang East Road, Jinan, Shandong, China;
6th Floor, Building 6, No. 1 Tongtai Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
Building 2B, Lugulinyu Community, No. 408, Tongzipo West Road, Changsha, Hunan, China;
Unit 2, Building 51, No. 1269, Hubin East Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China;
Building 16, No. 69, Furong East Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China;
21st Floor, Building 5, Jiuzhou East Ring Road, Jingyuan Road, Lanzhou, Gansu, China;
Unit 5, Building 8, No. 46, Xichuan South Road, Xining, Qinghai, China;
Apartment 310, Commercial and Residential Building No. 4, Xinchang West Road, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China;
Unit 2, Building 10, No. 1170, Liyushan South Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China;
No. 8-8, Jinshan South Road, Shenyang, Liaoning, China;
4th Floor, Building 10, No. 12, Jidian Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China;
Building C2, Bingshiqi Road, Changchun, Jilin, China;
Building 10, No. 518, Section 1, Huafu Avenue, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
Building 1, No. 818, Jiangjun Road, Chongqing, China;
No. 204, Building 5, No. 715, Chuanjin Road, Kunming, Yunnan China;
20th Floor, Building C7, Desheng Jiangjunshan New Town, Guiyang, Guizhou, China;
Unit 1, Building 2, Gaodujiang South Bank, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, 1801, China. | | | |
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| | Suma Techology Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following five aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | No. 88, Nansong Rd., Yushan Town, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China;
Room 2, Floor 3, Kam Hon Industrial Building, Wang Kwun Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong;
No. 666, Wuhuan Avenue, Wuhan Airport Economic and Technological Development Zone, Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China;
Room 101-03, R&D Building, No. 1-1, Sanyi Road, Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone, China. | | | |
| | Suma-USI Electronics Co., Ltd., a.k.a., the following two aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | No. 89, Yanhui Road, Yushan town, Kungshan, Jiangsu Province, China;
Building 8, No. 232, Yuanfeng Road, Yushan East, Jiangsu, China;
Building 1, No. 88, Nansong Road, Yushan Town, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. | | | |
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| TAIWAN | Inspur Taiwan, a.k.a., the following three aliases: | For all items subject to the EAR. (See §§ 734.9(e)(2) and 744.11 of the EAR) | Policy of denial | 90 FR [INSERT FR PAGE NUMBER AND March 28, 2025. |
| | No. 16 Xinzhan Rd Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. | | | |
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Julia Khersonsky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade.